Federal Minister Westerwelle congratulates Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser

Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has congratulated Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his election as President of the United Nations General Assembly. The congratulatory letter reads as follows:

“I am certain that with your long political experience in the international arena, you will head the General Assembly from September 2011 with inventiveness, empathy and resolve.I am particularly pleased that an individual with many years of experience in the Organization’s work is assuming one of the most demanding and important posts in the United Nations.”

Al-Nasser, currentlyQatar’s UN Ambassador, will assume the Presidency in mid-September and succeeds the Swiss Joseph Deiss.